Do Christians believe that a person can be punished for another's sins???

Question

because it confuses me that they say the Jesus (pbuh) died for "their" sins...

should anyone really be held accountable, punished, killed, die for, and/or written on his/her record, someone else's sins..

i dont want to offend anyone i just want to know what christains beleive about this... because it is confusing me...

well.. for the ones who say yes... how can you still view God as being fair... God is always fair, that is why i believe that everyone gets punished for their own sins, and rewarded for their own good deed...

i mean.. if your brother stole, why should you be punished for his crime...

Answer 1

It confuses me too. Every person is responsible for their OWN actions so why should one person be punished for another persons sins??

Answer 2

we never say Jesus (pbuh) fyi. we say Jesus Christ.

"can" someone die for someone else's sins? yes, it's possible. if the courts make a mistake some guy in texas'll be killed while the murderer runs free.

should it happen? no. everyone is to die for their own sins. but you must examine the Old Testament sacrifice laws. a sacrifice had to be spotless, a firstborn, undamaged, valuable and given properly. this is how Jesus was crucified.
you must also see the scapegoat: when all Israel sinned, the high-priest would make a big sacrifice and put all the sins of Israel on that goat and let it go into the desert (sound familiar?).

Christ had no sins. He was Divine. you are not to PUNISH someone for the sins of another. Christ however GAVE His life, like men of war for their country. becoming that sacrifice, that scapegoat, the salvation.

Answer 3

Pretty much all Christians believe that Jesus died for the sins of humanity, that he took the wrath instead of us. This would be God sentencing Jesus for the rest of us committing sins. You are right, this is not fair, and God is always fair. Since He's fair, then the whole idea of Jesus paying for our sins makes no sense.

Jesus did not come to die, but to TEACH. It is his teachings that are important, not the way he died. Whether he came back from the dead or not isn't the issue. The issue is that he taught forgiveness and kindness, and instructed us to follow these teachings. He came to bring people back to God and to reveal God's Revelation (New Testament). He came to bring about a new religious dispensation, Christianity, and to fulfill time prophecy of a new Messiah.

The popular Christian belief in the necessity of the blood sacrafice is baloney. God forgives who He wants to forgive, and needs NO sacrifice in order to do so. His hands ARE NOT TIED, NOT EVEN TO SACRIFICE. Can He forgive without having Jesus slain? YES. HE CAN DO ANYTHING.

Answer 4

They believe so but it makes no sense what so ever, how can someone be accountable for something he didn't do, In Islam a person is born sinless not sinful

It is learnt that after eating from the forbidden tree, Adam repented and God forgave him for God is Most Merciful. This is the lesson given to all Mankind by Quran. It is not of the Original Sin but of Original Forgiveness which shows the Merciful nature of God.

Answer 5

"THE ATHEIST'S COMPLAINT:
Who is punished for the sins of the father? Isaiah 14:21 declares, "Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities." Yet, Deuteronomy 24:16 states, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin."

Is there a contradiction?

RESPONSE:
In the context of Deuteronomy 24:16, God establishes a number of laws by which the people would be judged and kept. In verse 16, He acknowledges that an individual is personally responsible for what they do. If a man commits murder, his son is not to be put to death for the deed. Neither, if the son has committed adultery should the father be put to death. As is written, "...every man shall be put to death for his own sin."

In Isaiah 14, we are not reading of a son being put to death for the sins of his father. Rather, as we look at the context, we understand this to be a prophecy concerning the coming destruction upon a nation. On account of the wicked leadership of their king, God pronounced destruction upon the Babylonian people. A look into history tells us that in approximately 540 B.C., Babylon was overthrown by the Medes. The city was eventually left in ruins.

There is no contradiction."

Answer 6

Jesus was known as the Lamb of God. During the time that animal sacrifice was going the priest would lay his hands on the beast. He would lay the sins of the person whom borough the critter to be sacrificed. The priest would then kill the critter then burn it. The thing of it with Jesus was when the priest laid his hands on Jesus they hit him. Then the Romans beat him so bad that he was not recognized as human. Isiah 53: He was chastise for my transgressions, beaten for my iniquities and the chastisement my peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed. Also watch the Passion of the Christ, by Mel Gibson. In the original movie Mel did not sugar coat the story like others have done.

Answer 7

It's important to note that we recognize that Jesus was the only one even capable of doing this. Us normal mortals couldn't begin to do so even if we wanted to.

Still I think we are responsible for our own sins, but with Jesus' sacrifice we can choose whom we will be accountable to: I can choose to do nothing with my sins and be accountable to the punishment that justice demands (because I do believe God is just).

Or I can choose to follow the rules Jesus gave me (about repentance etc) which lets me be accountable to Jesus. Of course following Jesus' rules is hard, and repentance definitely hurts and has it's degree of my own suffering, but there's a huge element of mercy and grace in there too, which makes it much kinder and easier than if I choose to be accountable to justice alone.

Sorry if that's a little abstract, and there will likely be more confusion because different Christian denominations believe in different things about grace and works, but that's a little taste of how I see it anyway.

Answer 8

No. But Jesus had to die for mankind. Adam was a perfect human who sinned and brought on sin and death to all mankind. Jesus was a perfect human being who was the
CORRESPONDING ransom to buy back what Adam lost. That was everlasting life. Adam was disobedient to God his Father and Jesus was obedient to his Father, God. Imperfect man was and is not capable to accomplish what Jesus did. God used his own law that was said in Deuteronomy 19:21: ..."soul for soul"...or in other words -" like for like."
These scriptures tell you what was said above:
1st Timothy 2:6
Matthew 20:28
Psalms 49:7
Romans 5:12
1st Corinthians 15:45
Philippians 2:8 and Hebrews 5:8

Answer 9

Your no longer. organic and easy. "unique Sin" in the experience of all of humanity being responsible for Adam's mistake is definitely no longer biblical. you won't be able to discover the assumption everywhere in the bible. the assumption of "unique Sin" became invented via Augustine someplace 4 hundred CE. The church rapidly accompanied it regardless of the indisputable fact that. they like the theory if each physique became "born in sin", then they had to have the toddler baptism or they have been doomed. That gave the church assorted ability. exciting that for the duration of the Protestant Reformation, whilst the protestants have been throwing assorted the catholic teachings/practices out, they saved the "unique sin" component. i'm specific they regarded how clever that became for their administration because it were for the catholics. "unique sin" is a christian rip-off. The Jews do no longer purchase it, the Muslims do no longer purchase it, the Mormons (who're christian) do no longer purchase it. and that i do no longer purchase it. Presbyterian Liturgist. advantages on your journey!

Answer 10

of course people can be punished for other people's sins! it happens every day, doesn't it?

the sin of debauchery where i drink alcohol until i am drunk, get in my car and kill your kid.

the sin of fornication where i get pregnant and stuff the baby somewhere so no one can find it.

and so on and so on...

but Jesus willingly died for our sins. He gave his life up so that we could be redeemed with God, making all other sacrifices of atonement obsolete. we don't even have to be grateful...His blood is still there to redeem us.

but we will stand alone before God at our time of judgement. you won't be able to blame your dirt on anyone else, regardless of how it played out here on earth...God knows the truth...

Answer 11

A person mustn't be punished for another's sins

God said :
Whoever goes right, then he goes right only for the benefit of his ownself. And whoever goes astray, then he goes astray to his own loss. No one laden with burdens can bear another's burden. And We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning).